ARTICLES BY EMILY NEWTON

• Enhancing Water Infrastructure Resilience Against Seismic Activity

  4/17/2024

  Water and wastewater infrastructure is the backbone of communities, ensuring access to clean water and the safe treatment of waste critical for public health and environmental sustainability. However, seismic activity presents a formidable challenge to these systems. It risks widespread disruption, contamination, and service outages that can have immediate and long-term effects on a community's well-being and capabilities.
• How Much Energy Can Hydro Turbines In Water Pipes Generate?

  3/7/2024

  As interest grows, real-world examples of energy generated within water pipes is confirming the viability of this innovative practice.

• 6 Reasons Modern Water Treatment Relies On Smart Sensors

  12/19/2023

  Smart sensors for water treatment facilities are revolutionizing wastewater processing and clarification, leading to some amazing benefits. Modern water treatment has become a high-tech field as many facilities have begun adopting connected IoT sensors to monitor their equipment and water quality. Learn more about the benefits of these smart sensors and why they are an integral part of today's water treatment industry.

• What Benefits Do Variable Frequency Drives Offer For Pump Control?

  10/10/2023

  People working with water infrastructure or handling other industrial needs may choose variable frequency drives (VFDs) for better pump control options. This approach relies on a component that alters the frequency and voltage received by the pump motor, thereby changing its speed and torque. Here are some of the benefits of VFDs.

• Amazing And Reliable Insights Gathered From Dissolved Oxygen Sensors

  8/11/2023

  Dissolved oxygen sensor monitoring is critical to making wastewater plants run smoothly and within regulations. Here are some fascinating things people can learn by looking at data from these devices.

• How To Reduce VOC Emissions In Wastewater Treatment

  7/7/2023

  Adding to the typical worries of wastewater treatment operations, emissions from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the next frontier of pollution control.

• Infrastructure Upgrade: Expediting Lead Pipe Removal Protects Communities

  4/18/2023

  Assuring everyone has access to clean drinking water is essential. However, despite significant improvements in technology and public health across history, lead water pipes still pose a substantial threat to that goal. The extent of this issue has become more evident, and the push for lead pipe removal is accelerating.

• 7 Advanced Technologies To End The Clean Water Crisis

  3/20/2023

  Water is essential to human life — so much so that the United Nations suggests clean water access is a fundamental human right. The ultimate goal is for all countries to provide clean water to their citizens. Unfortunately, billions of people every year lack access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene.

• Regulating Farm Pollution To Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms

  1/11/2023

  As nutrient pollution increases the incidence and severity of harmful algal blooms, it is obvious and important to point mitigation practices toward a prime culprit — the agriculture industry.

• 5 Ways To Use Flow Meters In Biopharmaceutical Processing

  9/7/2022

  Biopharmaceutical processing is highly precise, and people must rely on various measuring devices to control costs, maintain quality, and avoid accidents. They often use flow meters to accomplish many of those aims. Here are some specific ways professionals working in pharmaceutical processing use these devices, making them so instrumental in successful outcomes.

• The Benefits Of Flow Measurement Sensors In Smart Water Treatment

  6/29/2022

  Flow measurement sensors are essential parts of water treatment plants. It’s increasingly common for those products to have Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. One industry report indicated the intelligent flow meter market will reach $3.1 billion in market worth by 2025, representing a 4.4% compound annual growth rate between 2020 and 2025.

• Lean Techniques Can Help Improve Water and Wastewater Operations

  5/5/2022

  All the rage in the private sector, ‘lean’ principles — smoothing out processes to remove non-value-add parts — can also bring greater efficiency to utility operations.

• 3 Ways To Increase Water Reuse In Industrial Facilities

  12/7/2021

  As industry conversations about carbon emissions, decarbonization, and climate change continue, industrial water use discussions are becoming more intense. Heavy industry is a major consumer of fresh water, accounting for around 20 percent of total global water consumption¹ — a percentage that is expected to rise over the next few decades.

• How Can The Food And Beverage Industry Reduce Its Water Usage?

  10/29/2021

  Food and beverage production and processing consume massive amounts of water — both in products and as an essential material for various cleaning, cooling, and utility purposes. As climate change and drought threaten existing water sources, businesses and consumers are paying more attention to how industry at large uses it.